Cheng highlighted the archive of Lily Lee Chen, the first Chinese American woman to be elected mayor of any city in the United States.
Read More
Cheng says Monterey Park is “a home for ‘immigrants and lost ones,’ where those who have been historically excluded or vilified elsewhere might come to dance with others who are not exactly like them.”
Read More
Associate Professor of American Studies Wendy Cheng discussed the history of the Taiwanese immigrant identity in a Los Angeles Times article on the current Taiwanese American experience.
Read More
Miller’s podcast examines how women view their future personal and professional accomplishments through internalized gender stereotypes.
Read More
Associate Professor of American Studies Wendy Cheng discussed how Descanso Gardens’s collection of camellias can be traced to Japanese American flower growers of the 1930s, who were later interned during World War II. “Japanese American flower growers right before the war made up 50 percent of the LA flower market,” she said.
Read More
